ORLA, TEXAS·
Stoneham Drilling
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Stoneham Drilling, Stoneham Drilling Rig 7, ORLA, TEXAS 79770 on , Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping a crew set up a derrick. The employee was holding the counterweight line away from the derrick to make sure the counterweight itself didn t make contact with the derrick. The counterweight got caught on the derrick, and the line that was pulling the counterweight up was parted. The counterweight came down the guide line that the employee was holding, striking him in the upper left thigh. The employee sustained injuries to his left thigh and the bones around his left eye.
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